Drying and rewetting of a loamy sand soil did not increase the turnover of native organic matter, but retarded the decomposition of added 14C-labelled plant material

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 595-602

  Magid, J ^a   Kjaergaard C ^a   Gorissen, A ^b   Kuikman, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DENMARK; DESSICATION; DRYING; LOAMY SAND; LOLIUM PERENNE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TREATMENT; SOLUBILITY; WETTING;

CARBON 14; DECOMPOSITION; LOAMY SAND; ORGANIC MATTER; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 0032990111     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00164-3     Document Type: Article

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